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A Simple 3 Part Potting Mix

Grubbycup Stash

Potting soils are generally made out of light materials known as “soilless medias”. Almost every gardener I’ve run into that mixes their own has their own recipe, but here is a basic one to get started with: 1-2 parts plant compost, homemade or from a trusted source. Plant compost can be purchased or made at…

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Make Your Own Organic Soil Mix

[et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.2.1″ src=”https://gardenculturemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GC-stamp-800x800px.png” url=”https://gardenculturemagazine.com/our-magazine/united-kingdom-ireland-issue-07/” url_new_window=”on” /] This article was originally published in 2015 and appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK, Issue 7 Soil is like water. Both sustain life as we know it, yet they are so omnipresent that we take them for granted. And due to both their importance and complexity, the limitations of language cannot do them…
February 20, 2017
Evan Folds

Nitrogen Changes Potting Mix pH

Container gardeners might want to pay closer attention to the type of nitrogen in their fertilizer – it can actually change your potting mix pH. Things like minerals in your tap water, or the amount of limestone in the growing media in a given pot can affect pH levels in any growing media, but nitrogen? Yes. Both the…
October 1, 2016
Tammy Clayton

Who Invented Potting Mix?

Like most of us, you probably never even wondered why we have potting mix. It’s just there in the garden section of your hardware, big box store, or garden shop. Mountainous stacks marketed under many brands and labels – worldwide. Granted, it was created for growing in containers, but man has been growing plants in…
June 3, 2016
Callie

Media Matters… A Lot

While shopping for seed starting supplies this winter, I came across this growing media called, Wonder Soil. Never heard of it, but the reviews on that shopping site were all extremely positive. So, I dug deeper, researching user reviews on any store site that sold the stuff. People were raving about how awesome it was……
May 22, 2015
Tammy Clayton